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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

900 block of Sydney St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 85% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $19,183 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $293K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$293K
$265K–$415K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$236
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$245K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $293K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
85%
11 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
3 of 13 behind
▲ block 23% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+11%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+89%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+90%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

The makeup of the block

Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Tax-abated
  • Bubble = lot size
  • → bigger interior  ·  ↑ higher value

Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $293K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19150 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19150 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19150Philadelphia
Median home value$293K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied69%67%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 34 reported crimes (6 violent) and 80 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
34
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
80
13 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts6
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Other Assaults5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Fraud4
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Maintenance Complaint16
Graffiti Removal7
Abandoned Vehicle6
Salting6
Street Light Outage6

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
Franklin S Edmonds
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$250K$500K$293K2016: $154K2017: $154K2018: $154K2019: $162K2020: $155K2021: $155K2022: $155K2023: $218K2024: $218K2025: $265K2026: $265K2027: $293K2016202020232027

▲ +90% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,5012016: $2,0962017: $2,1582018: $2,0962019: $2,1012020: $2,0682021: $2,0682022: $2,0682023: $1,9292024: $1,9292025: $2,4872026: $2,4872027: $3,5012016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 190 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $190 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+90%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.5 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 10 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
10arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Absentee individual: 2 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels5 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels2 parcels
$265K$372K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 13 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
910 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,140 1950 0
911 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $175K in 2005 → $260K in 2009 (+49%). Owner-occupied $372K 3/2 1,653 1950 2
912 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $288K 3/1 1,140 1950 0
914 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $288K 3/1 1,140 1950 1
915 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $268K in 2020 → $375K in 2023 (+40%). Absentee individual $415K 4/2 1,940 1950 2
916 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $293K 3/1 1,140 1950 0
917 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $350K 3/2 1,940 1950 0
918 SYDNEY ST Traded 2×: $112K in 2002 → $245K in 2026 (+119%). Absentee individual $265K 3/1 1,140 1950 2
919 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $350K 3/2 1,940 1950 0
920 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $288K 3/1 1,140 1950 0
921 SYDNEY ST Bought for $430K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $348K 6/3 1,940 1950 1
922 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $288K 3/1 1,140 1950 1
924 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,140 1950 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.